(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (August 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) fra MP & Silva, en førende internationale medier firma, der leverer medierettigheder, digital, teknologi og sponsorering tjenester.
“Our acquisition of the World Boxing Super Series further reinforces our commitment to make exciting world-class boxing a regular staple of Super Channel SPORTS,” said Don McDonald, President and CEO for Super Channel. “It is a strategic step in our quest to establish Super Channel as the go-to destination for boxing fans looking for unique and exciting boxing action, at all levels.”
Frank Uddo, MP & Silva’s President, North America, kommenterede: “We are delighted to work with Super Channel and World Boxing Super Series in Canada to help promote and distribute what we believe is a refreshingly premium international boxing competition. The new format, transparency, and potential match-ups should excite all boxing fans in Canada.”
World Boxing Super Series is a new revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament featuring the world`s best boxers and a total of $50 million in prize money. The knockout format of the competition will see the best boxers ultimately compete for the Muhammad Ali Trophy, the greatest prize in boxing. The tournament is organized by newly-founded Comosa AG, a Swiss-registered company with principal owners Highlight Event & Underholdning, Modern Times Group and Team Sauerland. Comosa AG is working in partnership with boxers, promoters and managers around the world, and in alignment with the four major world boxing federations, to create a new global platform for the sport.
The tournament, the first of its kind which is planned to take place on an annual basis, will kick off on September 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 krigere, and a total of 14 main events. An expert panel invited the world’s best boxers to compete, namely the top 15-ranked fighters of the four major federations: WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (September & Oktober 2017), two semifinals (Januar & Februar 2018) and one championship final (Maj 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” sagde Troy Wassill, Programmeringsdirektør, Domestic Distributors and Sports for Super Channel. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this exciting opener with Usyk vs Huck as the lead-in to the quarter finals, with eight consecutive weekends of top-flight action.”
Schedule for World Boxing Super Series 8 quarterfinal matches coming to Super Channel:
September 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Tyskland
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Katten” Usyk (12-0, 10 KOS), Champion, Kiev, Ukraine
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 OL-guldvinder, Ringen #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOS), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Ringen 7
September 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “verden” Smith (22-0, 17 KOS), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – Ringen #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOS), Nykoping, Sverige
September 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOS), Champion, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “Den russiske Hammer” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KOS), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Rusland
September 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Letland
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 KOS), Champion, Riga, Letland – Ringen #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 KOS), Challenger, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Oktober 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Tyskland
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Næste Gen” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KOS), Champion, Brighton, Sussex, UK – Ringen #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOS), Challenger,
Sivas,
Turkey
Oktober 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
SSE Arena, Wembley, London, Storbritannien
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Saint” George Groves (26-3, 19 KOS), Champion, Hammersmith, London, UK – Ringen #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KOS),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Jern” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOS), Champion, Vladikavkaz, Rusland – Ringen #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOS), Challenger, Piaseczno, Polen – Ringen #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 KOS), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Tyskland
Tidligere WBO & WBA Light Heavyweight verdensmester
vs.
Rob “Godt klaret” Brant
(22-0, 15 KOS), Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
Alle kampe og krigere kan ændres.
Super Channel har for nylig sendt store boksebegivenheder live som Brook vs.. Spence Jr., Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, samt mere spændende boksning til at komme, kæmpe fans i Canada kan kontakte deres lokale kabel udbyder for at abonnere på Super Channel og alle, at det giver, herunder premium serie, film og meget mere, for så lavt som $9.95 om måneden.
